The Summer Tree (Fionavar Tapestry Book 1) by Guy Gavriel Kay

Loren Silverclock has been selected to bring five people from another world to the festival celebrating the High Kings birth day one for each decade of his rule. In Toronto he chooses Kim, Kevin, Jennifer, Dave and Paul and persuades them to travel back to Fionavar with him. But momentous events are about to take place in Fionavar and the Five are to be caught up in them and none of them will be left unchanged by these events.

I am not a big fan of books with people travelling from this world to a fantasy world. The reasons for that are first that the main language of the other world always seems to be English. It would not be so bad if the story had some explanation like the magic of the crossing gave them understanding of the lands language Etc. The second reason is that the people tend to whine about the things that happen to them. In this book it has the first fault but not the second. I quite liked the book and will likely buy the rest of the series. I thought mot of the time the characters from this world handled themselves quite well. But I really disliked the last chapter and thought it was a really depressing way to end the book.

House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 4) by Steven Erikson

Karsa Orlong is determined to bring back the glory of the past to the Teblor and their gods. So without the blessing of his people he and two companions set out to win glory and as his peoples blessing says kill a thousand children. But on his journey Karsa learns the reality of the world and the truth about his gods. In continuation of previous story lines Adjunct Tavore and her army set out to attack Sha’ik’s rebellion. And as Sha’ik waits for the Malazan’s to arrive she must hope her forces survive the plotting among her advisors long enough to win the battle.

This is the book in the series that finally enthralled me in the story. The Karsa story was great and as he lost his pompousness he became one of my favourite characters out of any series. My main problem was that I was not really interested in most of the characters in Sha’ik’s camp. But I loved the parts featuring Fiddler and the Malazan soldiers.

The Fathomless Caves (The Witches of Eileanan Book 6) by: Kate Forsyth

After an attack during the Beltane festival the Righ decides it is finally time to take war to the Fairgean. Gathering the first army representative of all the lands of Eileanan he marches to what will be a long war. But unknown to the Righ the Fairgean plan to use the power of the red comet to call a tidal wave that will destroy all life on the land. Can the Righ and the Coven of Witches find a way to stop them?

I was not to fussed with this book there was a lot of the book which I found boring and did not really see the point of. I think it was probably the worst book of the series. I much preferred the sequel series Rhiannon's Ride, which I read first. This series does flesh out character in that and does have a couple of really good books and some really entertaining character.

The Skull of the World (The Witches of Eileanan Book 5) By Kate Forsyth

Isabeau finishes her training with the Khan’cohbans and returns to Lucescere to complete her witch training. But when Lachlan and Iseult are in Tirsoilleir. The traitor acts and helps the young princes Donncan and Neil be kidnapped by Margrit of Arran. And Isabeau framed for the kidnapping sets out alone to save them. Meanwhile Nila a Fairge prince tries to survive assassination attempts and find a way to live with his love away from his hated kin.

I liked the story of this book but the main characters are not among my favourites. Isabeau irritates me as I am getting fed up with vegetarian characters and she gets a bit sanctimonious. Lachlan is back to his Unlikeable and irritating worst.

The Forbidden Land (The Witches of Eileanan Book 4) By Kate Forsyth

Finn is bored finding the life of a Banprionnsa tedious and is overjoyed when Dide and his family of Jongleurs come with a mission for her from the Righ. To go deep into the Forbidden Land of Tirsoilleir and break the Prophet Killian the Listener out of the Black Tower his unassailable prison in the hopes that he can raise the people of Tirsoilleir against their rulers.

This is definitely my favourite book of the series. Even though Finn can be a bit petulant she is fun and enjoys her adventure to the fullest. And even usually unlikeable characters like Lachlan do not show there irritating characteristics.

Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 3) by Steven Erikson

Onearm’s Host and Brood’s Host now in an alliance are heading to attack the Pannion Domin but trust is very strained between the commands of the two armies and as secrets come out it strains further can the alliance hold together long enough to defeat the Pannion Seer? Meanwhile Toc the younger finds himself stranded on the other side of the Pannion Domin from Onearm’s Host and with a group of powerful companions tries to cross the domain to rejoin the Host.

This is the first book I have really settled into reading .I do not know if it is because I have already been introduced to most of the characters. Where as the first two books were constantly introducing new points of view. My main problem with the book was The Mhybe whenever it came to her Point of view I winced because her constant self-pity and whining was tedious and irritating. But in my opinion it is by far the best book so far and has me looking forward to reading the further books